Everything, Everything

Directed by Stella Meghie

United States, 2017 (fiction, 96 minutes, colour, English / Spanish)

Also known as "Absolument tout", "Absolut tot", "Alt eller intet", "Amor Acima de Tudo", "Du neben mir", "El amor lo es todo, todo", "Her Şey", "Ingenting och allting", "Kaikki kaikessa", "Láska stojí za všetko", "Minden, minden", "Noi siamo tutto", "Ponad wszystko", "Sve, baš sve", "Todo, todo", "Tudo e Todas as Coisas"

Film Description:
"What if you couldn't touch anything in the outside world? Never breathe in the fresh air, feel the sun warm your face...or kiss the boy next door? Everything, Everything tells the unlikely love story of Maddy, a smart, curious and imaginative 18-year-old who due to an illness cannot leave the protection of the hermetically sealed environment within her house, and Olly, the boy next door who won't let that stop them. Maddy is desperate to experience the much more stimulating outside world, and the promise of her first romance. Gazing through windows and talking only through texts, she and Olly form a deep bond that leads them to risk everything to be together...even if it means losing everything."
-- Warner Bros. Entertainment (source)

Film Credits (partial):
Written by:	J. Mills Goodloe
Based on:	Everything, Everything, a novel by Nicola Yoon
Produced by:	Leslie Morgenstein, Elysa Dutton, Arturo Del Rio, Victor Ho
Principal Cast:	Amandla Stenberg, Nick Robinson, Anika Noni Rose, Ana de la Reguera, Taylor Hickson, Danube Hermosillo, Dan Payne, Fiona Loewi, Sage Brocklebank, Robert Lawrenson, Peter Benson, Françoise Yip, Farryn VanHumbeck, Marion Eisman, Allison Riley, Valareen Friday
Cinematography:	Igor Jadue-Lillo
Film Editing:	Nancy Richardson
Music:	Ludwig Göransson
Production Company:	Alloy Entertainment, Itaca Films, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)

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Notes about Everything, Everything

Filmed in Vancouver and Mexico.

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Quotes about Everything, Everything

"Credit [...] goes to director Stella Meghie, who rises from her 2016 debut, the self-penned indie Jean of the Joneses, to ace her first shot at the relative big time [with Everything, Everything]. She keeps the tone delicate and winsome and funny and sexy, and when the story line turns dumb in the final 30 minutes—it kind of has to—she keeps a straight face like a professional and gets everyone over the finish line unharmed. Meghie also observes the story's commitment to mixed-race characters and mixed-race romance without ever commenting on it, much as Nicola Yoon's book did."
-- Ty Burr (source)

"Engrossing and not too sugar-sweet, Meghie's movie [Everything, Everything] is slightly paranoid, surprisingly fantastical and superb at translating the overwhelming stupor of first love with big, bold shots and a banging soundtrack."
-- Julia Cooper (source)

"After her debut Canadian feature, Jean of the Joneses [...] [Stella Meghie] was approached to direct an adaptation of the YA novel Everything, Everything for Warner Brothers. In 2018, Meghie earned the (saddening) accolade of becoming the only Black woman that year to direct a widely released, studio-backed film. Starring actor and activist Amandla Stenberg, it grossed US$61.5-million against a US$10-million budget."
-- Chandler Levack (source)

Bibliography for Everything, Everything

Journal Articles

Seifert, Lauren S., and Danny Wedding. "Suffering and Love." Review of Everything, Everything. PsycCRITIQUES 62, no. 46 (November 2017).

Articles from Newspapers, Magazines, or News Websites

Ahearn, Victoria. "Canadian director Stella Meghie on her growing buzz and new teen romance film." Interview with Stella Meghie, Nicola Yoon. Toronto Star, May 23, 2017.
Anderson, Tre'vell. "Black women don't often find themselves in the studio system. With 'Everything, Everything,' director Stella Meghie has." Interview with Stella Meghie, Amandla Stenberg. Los Angeles Times, May 18, 2017.
Burr, Ty. "The girl in the bubble." Review of Everything, Everything. Boston Globe, May 19, 2017.
Cooper, Julia. "The eternal sunshine of Stella Meghie's spotless mind; The rising Toronto filmmaker joins forces with YA star Nicola Yoon for the fantastical Everything, Everything." Interview with Stella Meghie, Nicola Yoon. Globe and Mail, May 18, 2017.
Cooper, Julia. "Everything, Everything is a bold, not-too-sweet take on young love; Director Stella Meghie delivers a 'wildly cute' young-adult love story." Review of Everything, Everything. Globe and Mail, May 19, 2017.
Erbland, Kate. "'Everything, Everything' director Stella Meghie: How she became the only Black woman with a wide-release movie in 2017." IndieWire, May 19, 2017.
Genzlinger, Neil. "Review: 'Everything, Everything' pits love against disease." Review of Everything, Everything. New York Times, May 18, 2017.
Lucca, Violet. "Everything, Everything." Review of Everything, Everything. Sight & Sound, vol. 27, no. 9, September 2017.
Sun, Rebecca. "'Everything, Everything' and the power of silent representation." Interview with Nicola Yoon, Amandla Stenberg, Jonathan Glickman. Hollywood Reporter, May 19, 2017.
Wilson, Jill. "Everything amounts to nothing, nothing." Review of Everything, Everything. Winnipeg Free Press, May 20, 017.

Web Sites about Everything, Everything

"IMDb: Everything, Everything." Internet Movie Database, Inc. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5001718/reference.
"Everything, Everything." Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. https://www.warnerbros.com/movies/everything-everything. [official site]